Tuesday, 5 February 2013

4 Glaucous Gull Weekend!

This weekend was a 4 Glaucous Gull weekend. I had 1 Glaucous Gull on Seaton Common tip, another 1 on the Zinc Works road (pale bird), then found a bird off Hartlepool Headland battery. Then on Sunday there was a bird of Newburn which I'd heard about on Saturday.

(1 of the Glaucous Gulls - copyright Andrew Kingorn)

Also on Saturday I had a 1st winter Caspian Gull, bill causing some confusion as had an appearance of age, however the plumage was typical 1st winter Caspian Gull. Lesson learnt for me right there. Still no Iceland Gull or what appears to be a 2nd winter Kumlien's Gull, however I did see the ever present Mediterranean Gull.

(Caspian Gull- copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

(The Mediterranean Gull- copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

(The Mediterranean Gull- copyright Andrew Kingorn)

Now, I wonder if the Grosbeak will be there later on in the week? Hmmmmm. No sign today as of writing this post....